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MinneDemo is the Twin Cities' own DemoCamp (follow link for FAQ/background), a miniature, demo driven, version of BarCamp.
MinneDemo is an opportunity to show off something novel you been working on to a receptive audience of fellow travellers. Previous DemoCamps (in other cities) have featured AJAX apps, disposable digital camera hardware hacks, mashups and OSS phone system demos. MinneDemo is thin on ground rules: just prepare in advance, get the word out and, oh, no PowerPoint.
We have a simple goal: to showcase the kick-ass software that's being built in Minnesota, whether it be open source, corporate, or academic.
This'll be the first of hopefully many MinneDemos. We'll have them quarterly, or maybe even monthly if there's enough interrest.
Date | Tuesday, September 5th |
Time | 6:30pm for drinks, demos start at 7:00pm |
Location | Chiang Mai Thai, Uptown Minneapolis |
Attendees | All are welcome! Please sign your name on this page so we know how many people are coming. |
Demo Schedule
We will have six 15-minute demos. They will truly be mini-demos. Sign up below (and see the next section) if you're interested and, of course, there's no fee or any BS associated with presenting.
Schedule:
- flyspy (Robert Metcalf)
- JRuby (Charles Oliver Nutter)
- SaySwap - media swapping and social networking startup (Jonathan Dahl)
- Deki and Dream -- Mono/.NET distributed application framework and sample application (Aaron Fulkerson -- MindTouch, OpenGarden.org)
- Feedseeder (Garrick Van Buren)
- Bookmark It! - (Brian 'Bex' Huff)
Wow, that filled up fast. Let's start a list for future MinneDemos. When signing up, please provide enough info so that we can get ahold of you to confirm that you're still interested for a future event:
- My weather project (Ben Tesch)
- Data_Pix (Jeff Beddow)
- Power Huddle
- Road Sign Math
For presenters
Demos should have roughly a 2 minute introduction, 8 minute demonstration, and 5 minutes for questions. 15 minutes total.
Read WhatMakesAGreatDemo for tips on how to give an awesome demo.
More articles:
Please show up at 6:00pm so we can configure and test your laptop with the presentation system and Internet connection.
Getting there
Chiang Mai Thai is located in Calhoun Square in Uptown, Minneapolis.
3001 Hennepin Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55408 (map)
This location is serviced by the 17, 21, 23, 6, 17, and 12 buses. See Metro Transit for more details.
Parking is available in the Calhoun Square ramp (entrance on 31st Street) and on neighborhood streets.
Appetizers/Sponsors
Chiang Mai Thai's food is not to be missed, so we'll be serving up some complementary appetizers to attendees. Of course in life there's no free lunch, so we're seeking we've lined up five sponsors to chip in $100 a piece for the apps. To sign up, add your name below and email look at recursion dot org and/or dan at unpossible dot com.
- Dan Grigsby
- Luke Francl
- Slantwise Design
- New Counsel
- Ventera
Attendees
- Dan Grigsby (Co-organizer)
- Luke Francl (Co-organizer)
- Robert Metcalf flyspy
- Graeme Thickins blog
- Charles Oliver Nutter; JRuby, Ventera Corp
- Jonathan Dahl - Slantwise Design
- Nick Sieger
- Ron Lancaster
- BenEdwards Alt Text, refactr
- Gene Boyer
- Bruno Bornsztein [http://www.whinynil.com]
- McClain Looney [http://www.loonsoft.com]
- Aaron Fulkerson
- Garrick Van Buren
- Ben Tesch; RIAA Radar, Mixmatcher
- Tom Brice
- Michael Woods
- Jeff Pester - Urban Radar
- Paul Wenzel; Yamamoto-Moss,Co-Op Media
- Justin Heideman; Co-Op Media, Walkert Art Center
- Jacob Hookom
- Mark Wagner
- Nate Schutta
- Casey Helbling Clear Consulting, refactr
- Ben Moore
- Pete Schwamb
- Jason Wankerl
- John Roberts, New Counsel, PLC
- Jesse O'Neill-Oine refactr
- Martin Grider http://livingtech.net, Clockwork
- Michael J. Freeman, MULTIMAX
- Ryan Melena
- Eric Peterson
- Rudrava Roy
- James Walsh Datacard Group
- Timothy Wee blog
- Scott Vlaminck refactr
- Peter Fleck
- Matt Zumwalt
- Derrick Shields
- Adam Cozine
- Jim Cuene
- Scott Allen
- Andrew Eklund
- Matt Craven - BlogMedia, Inc. The Blog Herald
- Brian 'Bex' Huff
- Adam McBroom
- Stephen Filing
- Bill Wilder
- Benjamin Ortega
- Paul Cantrell
- Steve Borsch -- Yugma
- Mike O'Connor -- Corp.com - corporate domain names
- John Sundberg - Kinetic Data, Inc. KineticData
- David Swanlund
- Kraig Larson, Ciceron Internet Marketing
- Cuong Tran, PragmaQuest
- Mark Wright
- Derek Peterson, BOLD Crossing
- Adam Sellke -- Ripshark, Madoi
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- Anton Torres
- David Hedrick Skarjune
- Rob Davis, Haberman & Assoc.
- Cody Hanson, Carlson School of Management
- Scott Yokiel, RBA Consulting
- Jared Erwin
- Craig Gjerdingen, Carlson School of Management
- Dan Carroll, InRadio
- Nate Yourchuck
- Bill Boulger, Indie Tickets
- Bob Hastings
- Dan Stone
- Dan Frankowski
- Eric Caron, JobDig
- J.C. Hamlin, Technology Partners
- Kevin Marshall blog
- Paul Saarinen
- John Fillman
- Kim Garretson, Swarmcast
- Justin Chapweske, Swarmcast
- John Riske, Swarmcast
- Chris Barber CB1, INC.
- Thomas O'Neill, Sierra Bravo Corp.
- Scott Hoggarth
- Gabriel Mtz. Aguirre, GMAPhoto.com
- Harold Slawik, New Counsel
- Michelle Huff
- Matt Bauer, Mosquito Mole Multiworks
- Norm Orstad, Slantwise Design
- Erick Roen
- Chris Schumann, Third Wave Partnership
- Lars Leafblad, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
- Cecily Sommers, The Push Institute
- John Kuster
- Sam Drong
- Christopher Hadden, Thomson West
- Jeff and Sara Beddow
Mailing List, Tags
We'll continue to use the MinneBar list for MinneDemo. Join it here.
Tag blog posts, podcasts and photos with MinneDemo.
Thanks a lot
BenEdwards was kind enough to make us super-sweet logos for MinneDemo (PDF version)